Leadership

Board of Trustees

Dr. Devona E.G. Williams, Chair John Ridgeway ’75, Vice Chair Dr. John J. Allen, Jr., Vice Chair

The Honorable Michael N. Castle The Honorable Norman D. Griffiths, Esq. Dr. Debbie Harrington Lois M. Hobbs The Honorable Jack Markell Esthelda Parker Selby ’69 The Honorble Harold Stafford Joycelyn Stewart Leroy A. Tice, Esq. ’02 Margie Lopez Waite ’90 Bernadette Dorsey Whatley Dr. Wilma Mishoe, President Emeritus

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Dr. A. Richard Barros, Esq. Dr. Claibourne D. Smith The Honorable John Carney, Governor of the State of Delaware Dr. Tony Allen, President, Delaware State University

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Dr. Tony Allen President

Dr. Saundra DeLauder Provost and Chief Academic Officer Cleon Cauley, Sr. Esq. Chief Operating Officer Dr. Irene Chapman-Hawkins ’14, ’19 Chief Administrative Officer and Vice President for Human Resources LaKresha Moultrie, Esq. Vice President of Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Chief Risk Enterprise Officer Antonio M. Boyle Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Management and Student Affairs Anas Ben Addi Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer Dr. Stacy Downing Chief Administrator DSU Downtown and Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Dr. Vita Pickrum ’16 Vice President for Institutional Advancement, President, Delaware State University Foundation Jackie R. Griffith Vice President of Government and Community Relations and Special Assistant to President Darrell McMillon Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Technology

Tamara Stoner Assistant Vice President for Enterprise Risk Management/University Secretary Alecia Shields-Gadson Athletic Director Bernard Pratt Assistant Vice President for Facilities Management, Planning and Construction Dr. Steven Newton Presidential Fellow for Media Relations and Executive Communications

New leaders in 2021

X Anas Ben Addi was named chief financial officer for the University in July after a 12-year tenure as the director of the Delaware State Housing Authority, where he broadened the agency’s community development work, overseeing the Strong Neighborhoods Housing Fund to assist blighted neighborhoods statewide after the foreclosure crisis. He also led the creation of the Downtown Development Districts program, which incentivizes investments in downtown areas statewide.

X Bobby L. Cummings was named chief of Public Safety and the Delaware State University Police force on October 18. Chief Cummings spent 32 years with the City of Wilmington Police Department, culminating in being Chief of Police between 2014 to 2017, when he retired. Under his leadership, the Wilmington Police Department introduced a Real-Time Crime Center that used data analytics to direct the police coverage to the mostneeded areas of Wilmington. Prior to joining the University, Chief Cummings served as the director of Group Violence Intervention under the Delaware Division of Health and Social Services.

X Dr. Stacy Downing was promoted to Chief Administrator of DSU Downtown and VP for Strategic Initiatives in 2021. She joined the University in 2013 as AVP for Student Affairs and was subsequently promoted to Vice President of Student Affairs in 2014. She has 22 years of combined experience in a range of university administrative areas at the University of Cincinnati, Philander Smith College, and DSU.

X Alecia Shields-Gadson was named permanent director of Athletics after serving in that position in an interim basis since earlier in the year. Shields-Gadson had been senior associate (L-R) Bernard Pratt, Stacy Downing, Anas Ben Addi, Bobby Cummings, Alecia Shields-Gadson

director of Athletics for compliance and senior woman administrator since 2016. She added a new role in 2020 as deputy Athletics director, taking on additional responsibilities as the department’s Diversity and Inclusion Designee to fulfill a new NCAA requirement. She has nearly 30 years of experience in intercollegiate athletics at Coppin State and Alcorn State. X Bernard Pratt was promoted to assistant vice president for Facilities Management, Planning and Construction in December. He began his career at Delaware State University in February 2016 as a Maintenance Technician and HVAC Shop Leader and was promoted to director of facility operations in March 2019 and senior director for facilities management in July 2019.